US1576077A - Towel rail - Google Patents

Description

March 9 1926. 1,576,077

H. D. WATSON TOWEL RAIL Filed Feb. 21, 1924 Hen ry D. BY W 5 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 9, 1926.

Parent HENRY I). werson, or rnlna'nnrirnm, PENNSYLVANIA,

TOWEL RAIL.

\ Application filed February 21, 1924. Serial No. 694,326.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY D. WA'rsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Towel Rails, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to towel rails or racks, and an object of the invention is to provide a support either in the form of a rail or rack for towels, wash rags, dish cloths or analogous articles, which is designed to prevent the fabric article such as the towel or the like from slipping from the support. i

It is a wellknown fact that considerable difficulty is experienced in preventing towels, wash rags or the like, and particularly relatively heavy bath towels from slipping off the towel rails or supports, and it is also known that a towel must be evenly balanced on the rail to prevent it from slipping therefrom so that oftentimes in brushing against the towel it is caused to slip from the rail either upon the floor or frequently, into a bathtub which may be filled with water, rendering the towel useless until it has been thoroughly dried and often causes considerable inconvenience to the person desiring the use of the towel; it is also a dilficult matter to properly keep a wet wash rag upon its supporting rail since if the rack is not properly balanced, it will slide off the rail and either become soiled or otherwise rendered unfit for use.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a rail or rack designed to support various fabric articles which will prevent the accidental slipping of the articles from the rail or support and will securely hold them in place regardless of the respective porportions of the article located on opposite sides of the rail, thereby eliminating necessity of balancing the fabric article on the rail and eliminating the care necessary with such proper balancing.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device as specified, which is simple in construction, and may be manufactured at a relatively low cost and one which will permit several towels to be held upon the rail or support in such manner as the withdrawal ofany one of the towels or fabric articles will not dislodge the others, and

the other, and the first or upper towel removed without accidentally (lislodging or removing the lower ones. 7

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detail description, and in the accompanying drawings wherein:

'Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved towel rail.

Figure 2 1s a cross section through the 1mproved towel rail taken on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a cross section through the towel rail taken on the line 33 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side elevation I of amodified form of the towel rail.

Figure 5 is a cross section taken on the line 55 of Figure-4L.

F'gure 6 is a cross section of a further modified form of the towel rail.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved towel rail or holder comprises the rail 1 which may be constructed of any suitable material, and is preferably circular 'in cross section. present are constructed of metal tubing, porcelain, glass, wood and various other materials, and it is to be understood that the present invention embodies the construction of the rail of any of these or other approved materials, without departing from the spirit of the invention; and it is also to be understood that the rail may have rounded ends to permit the connection thereto of attaching flanges or it may be constructed in a manner similar to any of the various approved types of towel rails and their supporting structures. The said features, are secondary, relative to the present invention.

The towel rail 1 is provided with a longitudinally extending groove 2 so that the longitudinal sides will preferably lie in a vertical plane and an insert 3 of any suitable non-slipping material having non-slipping or semi-elastic material having adhesive proclivities inserted therein. This strip 3 may be made of rubber, or any other suitable material. However, it is preferable to use rubber of a semi-elastic nature in that it will not absorb water or moisture and therefore the life of the insert will be materially increased in {cases where Wet wash. rags are supported from the holder. The insert 3 Towel rails, at

A beyondthe outer surface of the rail 1, and

it may be found ui'inecessaryto provide the pro ections thereon for certain uses.

In F1gures 4- and 5,0f the drawings, a

modified form of theinv'ention is shown in which the rail 10 has recesses 11 drilled therein, which spaced points have substantially cylindrical inserts 12) of a non-slippery o'r semi-elastic material of adhesive proclivities are inserted in the respective rccesses and project beyond the outer surface of the rail iorengagement with the towel or other analo ous articles to be supported from the rai i j V In Figure 6 of the drawings, the rail 20 is illustrated as constructed of metaltuhing, and the edges 21 of thetubingare intuIrned to provide a: longitudinally extendingopening along the upper side of the rail into which the insert 22 is forced-L It" will be noted that the insert 22 is provided with longitudinal grooves 23 into which the curved edge portions Q of the edges '21 engage for securely connecting the insert 22 to the rail. Tlie insert 22 is constructed of the same type of material, as the inserts 3 and l'l, and serves the-same purpose;

VVhilein the drawings,thegtowel rail is shown as of the single rigidly mounted type, it is to hev understood thatthe invention, namely, the non-slipping insert of semi elastic material, may he used in connection with the holders embodying a plurality of pivotallyl supported rods, each of which may carry the insert or inserts if desired.

It is, of course, to be understood, that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and. the parts associated in different relations, and-therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any manner, except asset forth in the claims hereunto appended;

What I claim is: i c 7 1. As a new article of manufacture, a towel rail having; longitudinally extending inturned edge portions, disposed in spaced relation to provide a longitudinally extending groove, an insert of non slippery semielastic material insaid groove.

2; As anew article of manufacture, a towel rail having longitudinally extending inturned edge portions disposed in spaced relation to provide a longitudinally extending groove, an insert of non-slippery semielastic material in said groove, the edges of said inturned edge portions heingbent laterally and "said insert being provided with longitudinally extending grooves for receiving said laterally bent edges HENRY nwa'rson.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa ture. i j

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